Acts 13:2:1Acts.13.2.W1TAB
λειτουργούντων
leitourgountōn
“while serving”
- Transliteration
- lei-tour-GOUN-tōn
- Extended
- lei-toor-GOOHN-tohn
- IPA
- /lei.turˈguːn.tɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- while serving
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lei-tour-GOUN-tōn
- sentence
lei-tour-GOUN-tōn de au-TŌN tō ky-REE-ō KAI nē-steu-ON-tōn EI-pen to PNEU-ma to HA-gi-on a-pho-RI-sa-te DÊ moi ton bar-na-BÂN KAI SAU-lon eis to ER-gon ho pros-KE-klē-mai au-TOUS
Exegesis
The verse begins with two genitive participial phrases, leitourgounton {λειτουργούντων | leitourgountōn} ‘ministering’ and nēsteuontōn {νηστευόντων | nēsteuontōn} ‘fasting’, together with auton {αὐτῶν | autôn} ‘of them’, forming a genitive absolute that sets the temporal background for divine speech.
In context — Acts 13:2
While they were carrying out service to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Designate Barnabas and Saul for Me for the work to which I have called them.”
About this coordinate
Acts 13:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 13:2, so the Greek word λειτουργούντων (leitourgountōn) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.13.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.13.2.W1.S1) and character.